2015 FracTracker Alliance Annual Report

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ANNUAL REPORT 2015
FRACTRACKER ALLIANCE
FracTracker Alliance studies, maps, and communicates the risks of oil and gas
development to protect our planet and support the renewable energy transformation.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Programmatic
Management
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Message from the Director
Dear Friends,
Message from the Director
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2015 Highlights
Feature Articles
Our Collaborators
Outreach & Events
Featured Publications
Staff Capacity
Future Work
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Growth Statistics
Meet the Staff
Intern Support
Financial Report
Board of Directors
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FracTracker turned five years old in 2015. In the
short span of our existence, we’ve boldly explored
the vast sea of issues associated with oil and gas
development across America. We are powered by
a passion to expose harms, document risks, and
nurture action and enlightenment.
In our anniversary year, global evidence of and
public concern about climate change intensified
as the perils of fracking and extraction increased.
We met these challenges with creativity and vigor,
often in partnership with other organizations.
Brook Lenker speaking at a public program at the
Argentinian Senate
Projects like Our Energy Solutions – with Ecologic
Institute US – took us across the hemispheres to
join emerging fronts in the fight for clean energy.
Placing a staff person in Washington, DC, and
adding fulltime staff to manage community
field projects, broadened our relationships and
increased our understanding of local impacts.
Mapping for collaborators like Earthworks, PSE
Healthy Energy, and PennEnvironment supported
crucial advocacy and research efforts.
And along with other milestones, we expanded
our board of directors and completed a needed
fundraising strategy.
Providing tours and presentations in shale gas
fields opened hearts and minds to the darker
sides of fossil fuel dependency.
Our expedition for truth, transparency, and
sustainability continues until people and the
planet are better protected. Until then, the good
will of all of you, and caring people everywhere,
provides an ocean of solace.
A new award – launched with Halt the Harm
Network – allowed us to honor volunteers
engaged in chronicling the effects of extraction.
Executing the Oil Train Response 2015 conference
– with ForestEthics – informed and energized
many to address the threat of oil transport by rail.
Thank you for
another meaningful
year!
Brook Lenker
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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2015 Highlights
FracTracker began in 2010 as a southwestern Pennsylvania area website operating out of
the University of Pittsburgh and focusing on data about extraction in the Marcellus Shale
region. Since 2012, the effort has matured into its own entity, the FracTracker Alliance - a
Left to Right: Brook Lenker speaking during the Our Energy Solutions project in Florida. Map of
California oilfield pits in the central valley, where the majority of oil and gas extraction activity exists.
national organization with regional offices in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New York, Ohio,
Washington DC, and California. The insights we provide address all of the geographies
affected by the oil and gas industry. Nine staff members plus seasonal interns work
tirelessly to inform the public about energy and climate issues and to support advocacy
groups with robust data, visualizations, and information. Explore highlights from 2015:
Our Energy Solutions Project
Open Wastewater Pits in California
In collaboration with Ecologic Institute US, the
“Our Energy Solutions” project highlighted the
many impacts of extraction across the US and the
promise of renewable energy. We delivered the
program at two universities in Florida, two venues
in North Carolina, four venues in Uruguay and
Argentina (including a national fracking conference
in Parana), and seven venues in the UK, Germany,
Belgium, and the Netherlands (including a meeting
with the European Commission). In total, we
reached over 1,000 people directly, and many more
through a continuing dialogue and network.
It is hard to believe, but disposing of hazardous oil
and gas wastewaters in unlined, open-air pits is still
a common practice in California and permitted in
other states. In the fall of 2015, Kyle Ferrar helped
Clean Water Action update a report on the risks
that these pits pose to people and the environment.
These risks include the pits’ contributions to
degraded air quality, hazards for terrestrial animals
and birds, and threats to groundwater quality. Read
more: fractracker.org/wastewater-pits-in-cali
Assessing Water Use in Ohio
In Ohio, Ted Auch has been mining data to
determine threats to OH’s water security.
Stimulating a typical well in OH, for example,
Across the US more and more pipelines are being
proposed to transport oil and gas products to
refineries and for export. We have been mapping
the potential impacts and community resistance
surrounding such activities. Learn more about the
requires 7 million gallons of freshwater, ~2.6 million
more than the average well cited by the US EPA:
fractracker.org/threats-to-oh-water-security
proposal set for New York’s Hudson Valley through
a map and article by Karen Edelstein:
fractracker.org/controversy-over-pilgrim-pipelines
Pipeline Mapping
Left to Right: Map of the proposed Pilgrim Pipelines, running south from Albany, NY to refineries along
the coast. Photo by Ted Auch of a wastewater impoundment in Carroll County, OH.
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Featured Articles
Sharing data, writing articles, and creating maps remain defining parts of FracTracker’s
activities. This year we posted 57 new stories, with custom, topical maps created for the
majority of the articles. These stories covered a wide array of oil, gas, and other energyrelated issues. The following articles were the most popular resources on our site in 2015.
~1.7 Million Wells Map
Danger Around the Bend
The Alliance Map
In 2014, we produced our first
version of a national oil and gas
map, showing over 1.1 million
active wells in the US In 2015,
we updated that data, with the
total number of active wells up to
1,666,715. The number of wells
per state ranges from 57 in MD
to 291,996 in TX. There are 135
counties with a single well, while
the highest count is Kern County,
CA, with 77,497 active wells. Read
more and view the map:
fractracker.org/1-7-million-wells
The increasingly common
practice of transporting crude
oil by rail from North Dakota to
points across the nation poses a
significant risk to the health, wellbeing, and safety of communities
- including many in Pennsylvania.
To support a report compiled by
PennEnvironment, we developed
a dynamic density map showing
the number of people in PA that
live within a half-mile of train
tracks. Read more: fractracker.
org/danger-around-bend
We first launched this map a few
years ago, and now it is being
built upon by you! The map,
hosted on our website and also
on Halt The Harm’s, shows the
location of people working on
oil and gas issues in the US.
International organizations have
begun to add themselves to
the map using the online form,
as well. To date, 370 entries
have been mapped, with more
groups being added every week:
fractracker.org/the-alliance-map
Pennsylvania Shale Viewer
Year to year, one of our most popular maps continues to be the
Pennsylvania Shale Viewer. This map shows the most up to date
locations of oil and gas permits, drilled wells, and violations issued
by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. Also available to
view on this map are crowdsourced compressor station data as of
December 2014, open pits identified by SkyTruth volunteers in 2013,
environmental justice areas, and watersheds.
Green completion stack on a fracking well pad in Carroll County, Ohio. Photo by Ted Auch,
2015. These photos and more can be found in our online albums: fractracker.org/photos
Free online imagery
One of the services that visitors
to our website use often is the
gallery of photos (and some
videos) we have compiled of
oil and gas activity. These free
visuals (600 and counting)
are provided by staff and
contributors around the globe
who want to share information
about drilling’s sights, sounds,
and impacts. Need a picture
for your upcoming newsletter
about waste disposal practices in
West Virginia? We have it! Want
to see what a green completion
looks like in Ohio? Check! (See
above.) This resource, sorted by
theme and location, has been
used by reporters, citizens,
researchers, marketing experts,
and many more to help visualize
and understand the complex
process that is oil and gas drilling
in the US. We have even started
to compile photos from other
countries, such as Germany. If
you would like to contribute your
imagery, please email: info@
fractracker.org with the files
and credits, or submit a photo
through our recently updated
mobile app.
The imagery on our site is available for non-commercial reuse, free of charge. If
you are planning to use these photos or videos, please be sure to cite the author if
Read more: fractracker.org/pa-shale-viewer
PA Shale Viewer >
one is listed, as well as FracTracker Alliance. Learn more: fractracker.org/photos
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Our Collaborators
Almost every project and task that we accomplish at FracTracker relies on collaborations
and partnerships with researchers, citizens, and advocates. Here are a few
collaborations from 2015 that stand out:
Fracking’s Most Wanted
Public Herald’s #fileroom
In April 2015, Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC) released a report in conjunction with work
by those of us at FracTracker Alliance. We launched
this investigation to determine what information
about oil and gas company violations is publicly
available on the Internet, how accessible it is, and
whether it provides an adequate understanding
about the practices of different companies.
FracTracker supported the data collection, analysis,
and formatting of oil records extracted from
Pennsylvania state agencies by Public Herald. Public
Herald then worked with us to create an interactive,
online map, static infographics, and investigative
report that have been shared in the US and UK.
This report highlights the information gaps about
the frequency and nature of oil and gas company
violations; such data is only publicly accessible in 3
states – even though 36 states have active oil and
gas development.
To take the review one step further, we analyzed
the data that was available from these states –
Pennsylvania, Colorado, and West Virginia. The
results show that companies have been issued a
series of violations, some of which are quite severe:
fractracker.org/frackings-most-wanted
After a two year analysis, investigative journalists
Joshua Pribanic and Melissa Troutman of Public
Herald uncovered 9 ways that officials at the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) have kept drinking water
contamination across the state’s shale region “off
the books” since fracking began in 2004. Public
Herald’s analysis concluded that the current 260
positive water contamination determinations listed
by DEP is repetitively understated.
Explore the maps and data extracted during their
investigation: publicfiles.org
Russell Gold, energy reporter for the Wall Street Journal and author of The Boom
told me personally, ‘This is the best environmental impact documentation that I’ve
ever seen.’ Russell has been to five continents studying energy.
- Carol Taylor Johnson, PhD - Host of shale forum featuring a FracTracker speaker
KOW Series
Report Contributor
Technical Services
As part of a new FracTracker
effort utilizing rich-media
storytelling to communicate
the impacts of oil and gas
extraction, the Knowing Our
Waters (KOW) project, led by
Kirk Jalbert, covered the efforts
of community-based water
monitoring programs in the
Marcellus Shale in order to
highlight the important work
these groups do in bringing
attention to the risks that
extraction industries pose to our
watersheds.
In collaboration with the
Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, the California Council
on Science and Technology
issued a peer-reviewed scientific
assessment on how hydraulic
fracturing and acid well
stimulation could affect water,
the atmosphere, seismic activity,
wildlife and vegetation, and
human health in California. The
report also identifies knowledge
gaps and alternative practices
that could prevent or mitigate
these possible impacts.
In the last year, dozens of
organizations large and small
from across the country have
received technical services from
the FracTracker team.
Those spotlighted in this
series include: ALLARM, Trout
Unlimited, Izaak Walton League
New York Water Sentinels, CCJ,
and many more. Read the series:
fractracker.org/water-monitor
FracTracker contributed data and
expertise in the development of
this report. Read the report:
ccst.us/projects/hydraulic_
fracturing_public/SB4.php
Recipients (partners) include
Earthworks; Natural Resources
Defense Council; PSE Healthy
Energy; CERES; Freshwater
Accountability Project; Halt
The Harm Network, Southwest
Pennsylvania Environmental
Health Project; Center for Race,
Poverty, and the Environment;
Conservation Voters of PA;
PennFuture; PennEnvironment;
Public Herald; Audubon PA; Trout
Unlimited; Save the Loyalsock
Coalition; and more. Explore all
FracTracker projects here:
fractracker.org/projects
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Outreach & Events
In 2015, FracTracker maintained its aggressive outreach agenda at conferences and
Oil Train Response
First Annual Community
Kentucky Presentation
forums – from local workshops to national, international, and academic conferences.
Conference
Sentinel Award
Draws Hundreds
Conservatively we reached 4,215 people directly through 82 in-person events. We also
conducted webinars and two Twitter chats that reached ~50,000 viewers. Here are
summaries of just a few of these outreach activities:
November 2015 Oil Train Response conference attendees on last day in Pittsburgh, PA Hosted by ForestEthics with FracTracker. Photos below and right by Paul Anderson.
Oil Train Response 2015
In November 2015, we helped host a robust and well-attended oil trains event held in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. The conference, supported by The Heinz Endowments and other funders, was organized in
partnership with ForestEthics. Over 200 activists, community leaders, and public officials attended the oneday conference and two-day advocacy training. ForestEthics has continued the dialogue by initiating and
maintaining national listservs and conference calls. Learn more: fractracker.org/oil-train-response-2015
Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship
We deeply appreciate the foundations and individuals who support us and enable our work, including
the many patrons who attended our first-ever film night and fundraiser in September 2015. At that
event, we honored three environmental heroes with our first annual community sentinel awards for their
stewardship: Dory Hippauf, Therese Vick, and Craig Stevens. Learn more: fractracker.org/sentinel-award
Outreach in Kentucky
FracTracker’s Bill Hughes gave a stirring presentation to a new audience in Berea, Kentucky this year as
news of potential fracking arose there. Over 300 people (maximum capacity for the venue) came out to
learn about the impacts of oil and gas drilling from a resident’s perspective.
Shale Gas Field Tours
Bill Hughes also regularly hosts shale gas field tours so that people may witness community-level oil and
gas impacts first hand. In the time Bill has worked for FracTracker he has guided dozens of tours, reaching
hundreds of students, researchers, activists, and politicians.
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Featured Publications
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Staff Capacity
In addition to our direct outreach and events, FracTracker’s online analyses and
FracTracker celebrates several changes made to our staff capacity in 2015.
maps were featured in 22 academic and peer-reviewed publications in 2015. This
New Position Added
amount represents the most we have been cited per year since our launch in 2010.
We created a new position titled Manager of Community-Based Research and Engagement and hired Kirk
Jalbert, PhD, MFA to fill this role beginning in August 2015. The position, with Kirk’s leadership, is leading us
to new partnerships for the organization, insightful projects, creative redesigns for the mobile app, powerful
media-rich stories and more. Kirk is based in Pittsburgh with Matt Kelso.
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Benson ME, Wilson AB. Frac Sand Sources in
the United States. USGS
Brisson M. Three empirical essays in labor
economics. Economics Dissertations
Christopherson S. Risks Beyond the Well
Pad: The Economic Footprint of Shale Gas
Development in the US, Book chapter
Evensen DT, Clarke CE, Steadman RC. A New
York or Pennsylvania state of mind: social
representations in newspaper coverage of gas
development in the Marcellus Shale. JESS
Finkel M. The Human & Environmental Impact
of Fracking: How Fracturing Shale for Gas
Affects Us & Our World, Book
Hall JC, Shultz C. The Political Economy of Local
Fracking Bans, Working paper, WVU
Gardoni P, Murphy C, Rowell A. Risk Analysis of
Natural Hazards: Interdisciplinary Challenges &
Integrated Solutions, Risk, Govern. & Society
Jalbert K. Promising Data for Public
Empowerment: The Making of Data Culture
& Water Monitoring Infrastructures in the
Marcellus Shale Gas Rush. Dissertation
Kinchy A, Parks S, Jalbert K. Fractured
knowledge: Mapping the gaps in public &
private water monitoring efforts in areas
affected by shale gas development
Klein N. This Changes Everything, Book
Leap SJ. Roots Versus Wells: Grassroots Activism
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Against Fracking in New York & California, Thesis
Lang C, Boslett A, Guilfoos T. Valuation of
Expectations: A Hedonic Study of Shale Gas
Development & New York’s Moratorium
Malone S, et al. Data inconsistencies from states
with unconventional oil & gas activity. Journal of
Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Mathews A. Modeling Atmospheric Emissions &
Calculating Mortality Rates Associated with High
Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Transportation,
Thesis, RIT
Mondock A. Shale I stay or shale I go? PA’s
“Marcellus Shale-Size” of a debacle over fracking
severance taxation. Ave Maria Law Review
Resnikoff M, Network DR. Review of PA DEP
TENORM Study Report. By Radioactive Waste
Management Associates
Richards EG. Finding Fault: Induced Earthquake
Liability & Regulation. Columbia Journal of
Environmental Law
Risk Analysis of Natural Hazards.
Interdisciplinary Challenges & Integrated
Solutions. Eds. Gardoni, Murphy, & Rowell
Ryan C, et al. Subsurface Impacts of Hydraulic
Fracturing: Contamination, Seismic Sensitivity, &
Groundwater Use & Demand Management
View all here: fractracker.org/about-us/kudos
DC Presence for FracTracker
Sam Malone Rubright is expanding her network of contacts to the East Coast where she is now living,
capitalizing on the many NGOs headquartered in DC. Her title changed to Manager of Communications and
Partnerships to accommodate her shifting role and the addition of Kirk Jalbert to the FracTracker team.
Shifting Regional Focus
Additionally, our program staff situated in New York, Ohio, and California are expanding their roles to more
broadly cover the regions in which they operate. As such, Karen Edelstein is now our Eastern Program
Coordinator, Ted Auch our Great Lakes Program Coordinator, and Kyle Ferrar our Western Program
Coordinator.
EXPANDING OUR REGIONAL
COVERAGE IN 2015
FracTracker
offices in 2015
shown in blue
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Future Work
2016 promises to be an exciting and impactful year for FracTracker Alliance. Here are just
some of the projects we have in the queue:
Along with several project partners, we are working
on a project called “Breathe At Your Own Risk”
which will visualize air monitoring data collected in
Wyoming near dense oil and gas drilling, as well as
provide more information about the people whose
lives have been impacted by these operations.
In Pennsylvania, we are examining patterns of oil
and gas leasing in specific communities to provide
the public with fair warning about drilling activity
that may be coming their way (info right). We will
also cover the issue of environmental justice in PA.
We are currently working with Earthworks to
create an online, embeddable map that shows
FLIR imagery of well-pad and compressor station
emissions collected in various regions of the
United States. The map will be used for Earthwork’s
advocacy and likely that of the groups it convenes
through gatherings like Stop the Frack Attack.
In California, we are mapping the Richmond refinery
corridor and exploring the environmental health
risks posed to nearby residents.
In 2016, with new and existing foundation support,
we will be able to help residents track and analyze
oil and gas activity in Colorado and other western
states, an area that FracTracker previously has not
had the resources to regularly cover.
And finally, in 2014 we launched our first mobile
app designed to let users share their experiences
and photos around oil and gas activity with others.
To date, 502 user reports have been submitted
from across the nation. In 2016, we will take the
feedback we receive and make the user interface
lighter and quicker, using intuitive icons to replace
lengthy drop-down lists. As part of this process,
we also want to determine if app stakeholders find
sensory-based classification of the impact reports
useful. Such classifications may include the ability
to report odor and noise complaints, for example.
The upgraded versions for iPhone and Android
platforms should be available in the summer of
2016.
Screenshot from
the current version
of our mobile app,
showing the density
of oil and gas wells
by county (shades
of blue) with the 502
user reports overlaid
on top (red dots).
The updated version
of this app will be
released in the
summer of 2016.
ALLEGHENY COUNTY LEASE
MAPPING PROJECT
Regardless of one’s perspective on oil and gas development, we believe it is important for communities to be
able to make informed decisions about where oil and gas wells are sited. Municipalities may wish to identify
areas where drilling would be particularly burdensome for their residents and limit development through
zoning ordinances. Others may wish to enter into dialogue with drilling companies before expensive permitting
processes commence.
Proactive planning can be difficult to execute with existing tools, however. In Pennsylvania, the PA DEP
does publish locations of permitted and drilled wells, but these do not always predict future development.
Meanwhile, information that could be used for planning may be largely inaccessible to those without the
resources to do exhaustive legal research. One missing dataset that would be useful is a comprehensive list of
land parcels leased or contracted to oil and gas companies for future development.
In 2016, FracTracker hopes to begin to fill that significant gap with our Lease Mapping Project in collaboration
with West Arete. Preliminary findings from Allegheny County, PA are shown below:
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MUNICIPALITIES
WITH LEASES
22,643
TOTAL OIL & GAS
RECORDS
44 / 46
SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WITH LEASES
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Growth Statistics
FracTracker.org
Social Media Reach
Two years ago we set a goal of receiving 200,000 unique website users by the end of 2015.
We now regularly use a system called Hootsuite to create
efficiencies in our social media postings. Thanks in part to
As of December 31, 2015, we have cumulatively seen 543,991 sessions and 366,225 unique users
visit FracTracker.org. In 2015 alone, despite the decrease in drilling activity in the United States,
we had 156,738 sessions and 114,656 users visit our site.
The majority of visitors in 2015 came from the US (87%), slightly less than domestic visitors in
2014 (90%). Russian visitors, for example, jumped from 300 in 2014 to 1,800 in 2015. This small
international shift likely reflects the decrease in drilling activity in the US and growing international
awareness of the issue.
Within the US, the majority of our visitors originate from Pennsylvania (16%) where FracTracker
had its start, followed by Texas (11%, up from 9%), California (9%), New York (7% despite the
this tool, FracTracker has made great strides in social media
outreach over the past year. We have 1,710 followers on
Facebook, with an average monthly impression rate of 15,000
people.
Twitter, too, has been a fruitful venture, where we have 2,189
followers - expanding at a pace greater than our Facebook
growth. While impressions (or reach) on Twitter varies greatly,
it can range from 10,000 to 25,000 people. We have begun
to explore the feasibility of Twitter chats and live tweeting at
events, both of which have resulted in significant increases in
impressions, retweets, and new followers.
1,710 2,189
FRIENDS
FOLLOWERS
fracking ban), and Ohio (7%).
543,911
CUMULATIVE SESSIONS
87%
UNITED STATES
16%
PENNSYLVANIA
In the News
FracTracker Alliance is increasingly being cited
by other researchers, advocates, and the
media. In 2015, we were mentioned in over 100
news articles, including Newsweek, NPR, and
international outlets (shown left). Additionally,
these articles were syndicated by many other
media outlets.
Read more about where FracTracker appears in
the news by visiting our website:
fractracker.org/about-us/in-the-news
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Meet the Staff
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Intern Support
Without our amazing interns we would not have accomplished as much as we have to date. This special
thank you goes out to all of our hard-working 2015 interns:.
2015 Interns
Ted Auch, PhD
Karen Edelstein, MPS
Great Lakes Program Coordinator
Cleveland, OH
Eastern Program Coordinator
Ithaca, NY
Academic Institution
FracTracker Position
Office
Juliana Henao
Duquesne University, M.S. in Biology and
Environmental Science, 2015
Spring Communications
Intern
Pittsburgh, PA
Christine Kangas
Kaplan University, M.S. in Environmental
Policy, anticipated 2016
Summer GIS Intern
Cleveland, OH
Elliott Kurtz
University of Michigan, M.S. in Natural
Resources and Environment: Environmental
Informatics, anticipated 2017
Spring GIS Intern
Cleveland, OH
Yu Liao
Carnegie Mellon University, M.S. in Civil and
Environmental Engineering, 2015
Spring GIS Intern
Pittsburgh, PA
Colin Loustalot
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.S. in
Geography, anticipated 2016
Fall GIS Intern (Partial)
Oakland, CA
Nicolette Slagle
Michigan Tech, M.S. in Environmental
Engineering Science, anticipated 2017
GIS Intern (2014-15)
Remote
Summer
Communications Intern
Pittsburgh, PA
Spring GIS Intern
Oakland, CA
Kyle Ferrar, MPH
Bill Hughes
Western Program Coordinator
Oakland, CA
West Virginia Community Liaison
Wetzel County, WV
Emily Watson
Washington & Jefferson College, B.A.
in Environmental Studies and Spanish,
anticipated 2016
Kirk Jalbert, PhD, MFA
Matt Kelso
Lucas Wilgers
Manager of Community-Based Research &
Engagement, Pittsburgh, PA
Manager of Data & Technology
Pittsburgh, PA
University of Redlands, B.S. in Environmental
Studies, 2015
Gwen Lehman
Brook Lenker
Manager of Operations
Camp Hill, PA
Executive Director
Camp Hill, PA
Internships with FracTracker offer students invaluable resume-building work
experience and networking opportunities. Not only do interns work closely with
members of our team, but they also have the opportunity to learn about and
Samantha Rubright, MPH, CPH
Manager of Communications & Partnerships
Washington, DC
Learn more about the staff:
fractracker.org/about-us/staffbios
contribute to many aspects of our work. Learn more about our paid and unpaid
internship opportunities: fractracker.org/about-us/internships
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Financial Report
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Board of Directors
The insight and contributions from our board members are invaluable. Thank you for all of
2015 FracTracker Alliance Funds
Funding Sources
ASSETS
Cash Accounts
Office Equipment & Software (net of dep)
Total Assets
$593,052.02
$1,408.62
$594,460.64
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Accounts Payable & Accrued Liab.
$43,652.95
Deferred Revenue
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Other Liabilities
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Total Liabilities
$43,652.95
NET ASSETS
$550,807.70
TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
$594,460.65
FracTracker is honored to have
received financial support from the
following sources:
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11th Hour Project
Colcom Foundation
Foundation for Pennsylvania
Watersheds
George Gund Foundation
New Venture Fund
Park Foundation
Patagonia, Inc.
Rockefeller Family Fund
Save the Hills Alliance
The Heinz Endowments
V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation
Donations
Fee-for-Service Mapping for
NGOs
$594,460
Help us grow
fractracker.org/donate
your hard work guiding FracTracker’s vision for the future.
R. John Dawes, President
Benjamin M. Stout III, PhD, Secretary
Executive Director, Foundation for
Pennsylvania Watersheds, Alexandria, PA
As Executive Director of the FPW since 1994,
Dawes has supervised small grants to over
150 environmental & watershed associations
throughout Pennsylvania.
Professor of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit
University, Wheeling, WV
A practicing stream ecologist with 30 years of
experience, Stout’s current fieldwork focuses
on impacts from valley fills, longwall mining
subsidence, & Marcellus Shale extraction.
Mike Kane, Treasurer
Sara Wylie, PhD, Member
President & Executive Director, Community
Foundation for the Alleghenies, Johnstown, PA
Kane is responsible for the oversight of all
operations at CFA, including managing a
portfolio of loans & investments in excess of
$8 million.
Sr. Research Scientist, Northeastern University,
Boston, MA
Wylie is well-known for her work in the
development & application of tools for
community-based science. Wylie completed
her PhD in 2011 at MIT.
Brian Segee, JD, Member
Ken Paulman, MA, Member
Staff Attorney, Environmental Defense Center,
Ventura, CA
Segee has lobbied on conservation policy &
legislative matters before the US Congress,
& coordinates EDC’s monitoring & advocacy
efforts in the California legislature.
Internet Media Specialist, Fresh Energy
St. Paul, MN
Paulman is the founding editor of Midwest
Energy News, a non-profit news service
published by Fresh Energy covering the
heartland’s clean-energy economy transition.
Rebecca Vollmer, PhD, Member
Phil Pritchard, Member
Senior Analyst & Business Development
Director, Washington, DC
Vollmer’s diverse background includes roles
in information technology, fundraising, higher
Retired Environmental Professional
Asheville, NC
Pritchard’s work experience includes service
in the US Navy Supply Corps, promotion &
education, writing, & conservation - both
domestically & abroad.
fund raising for educational television, various
teaching positions, & many others.
Thank you to all who take the time to learn about these issues and exercise your concern. If you find
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Above Photo: Frac sand mining in Michigan by Ted Auch
Cover Photo: Gas pipeline construction in Maryland by Sierra Shamer
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